Apparatus and software program for documenting cardiac life support procedures during a code blue event

ABSTRACT

An apparatus for documenting Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) procedures during a code blue event is disclosed. The apparatus includes a touch screen display, a processor, and electronic memory storage including instructions executable by the processor. The instructions, processor, and touch screen display a plurality of buttons used to record times at which a medication and/or action of the ACLS protocol was administered. The actuation of a medication button further results in a change in the visual appearance of the medication button. A summary button is provided to display a summary page including at least a start time of the code blue event, and times at which medications for the ACLS procedure were administered.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to Advanced Cardiac Life Supportprocedures, and more particularly to apparatus and methods used indocumenting cardiac life support procedures during a code blue event.

BACKGROUND

Healthcare employees, nurses, and physicians must overcome obstaclesthat occur when a patient is in cardiopulmonary arrest and ‘codes’,otherwise known as a code blue event. A code blue event is an emergencyannounced in a hospital during which a patient is in cardiopulmonaryarrest, requiring a team of providers to rush to the patient and beginimmediate resuscitative efforts. When this occurs, the scene can behectic, and it can be difficult to coordinate medication administrationand proper documentation.

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) procedures are executed by theemergency team during the code blue event. ACLS refers to a set ofclinical interventions for the urgent treatment of cardiac arrest,stroke, and other life-threatening medical emergencies. Only qualifiedhealth care providers can provide ACLS, as it requires the ability tomanage the patient's airway, initiate IV access, read and interpretelectrocardiograms, and understand emergency pharmacology.

Hospitals and other healthcare facilities mandate the documentation ofthe ACLS procedures that take place during a code blue event. Usually,one of the qualified health care providers involved in the code blueresponse is designated to monitor the procedures. Nurses and physiciansmust manually keep track of what time lifesaving interventions(medication type, medication dosage, intubation, CPR, etc.) occur. Thisinformation must be later transferred to official hospital records. Theprocess is time consuming, and can sometimes lead to errors. Further,much of the time used to monitor the ACLS procedures could bebeneficially used by an emergency team member to participate in theadministration of the ACLS procedures, but for the time consumed inmonitoring the ACLS procedures.

SUMMARY

One general aspect of the invention is an apparatus for documentingAdvanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) procedures during a code blueevent. The apparatus includes a touch screen display, a processor, andelectronic memory storage including instructions executable by theprocessor. The instructions, processor, and touch screen displaycooperate to provide a code blue event start button on the touch screendisplay. Actuation of the event start button records a start time of thecode blue event in the electronic memory storage. The components alsocooperate to provide a plurality of medication buttons on the touchscreen display, the plurality of medication buttons corresponding torespective medications administered as part of an ACLS procedure.Actuation of a medication button records a time at which the respectivemedication was administered. The actuation of the medication buttonfurther results in a change in a visual appearance of the medicationbutton. A summary button is provided on the touch screen display.Actuation of the summary button displays a summary page including atleast a start time of the code blue event and times at which medicationsfor the ACLS procedure were administered.

Implementations of the invention may include embodiments having one ormore of these features. The apparatus where the change in visualappearance of the medication button includes displaying a number oftimes the respective medication has been delivered. The apparatus whereactuation of the medication button starts a timer indicating when a nextdose of the respective medication may be administered. The apparatuswhere the visual appearance of the medication button changes when a nextdose of the respective medication may be administered. The apparatuswhere the visual appearance of the medication button shows an amount ofthe respective medication to be administered as the next dose in theACLS procedure. The apparatus where visual indicia corresponding to thetimer is displayed proximate the medication button. The apparatus wherethe instructions and the processor further cooperate to interact withthe touch screen display to: provide a plurality of action buttons onthe touch screen display, the plurality of action buttons correspondingto respective actions taken as part of the ACLS procedure, actuation ofan action button recording a time at which the respective action wastaken as part of the ACLS procedure, where actuation of the summarybutton on the touch screen display accesses times at which therespective actions were taken. The apparatus where at least one actionbutton includes visual indicia corresponding to an elapsed time sinceactuation of the at least one action buttons. The apparatus where theplurality of action buttons include a CPR/pulse check button, an airwayintubation button, a defibrillate button, and/or a cardioversion button.The apparatus where the apparatus wirelessly transmits at least aportion of data included in the summary page to another device. Theapparatus where the apparatus emails at least a portion of data includedin the summary page. The apparatus where the code blue event startbutton includes visual indicia corresponding to elapsed time of the codeblue event. The apparatus where the code blue start event button andplurality of medication buttons are all displayed on a single page ofthe touch screen display.

Another general aspect of the invention is a software program fordocumenting Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) procedures during acode blue event. The software program includes instructions executableby a processor, where the instructions and the processor cooperate tointeract with a touch screen display to provide a code blue event startbutton on the touch screen display, actuation of the code blue eventstart button recording a start time of the code blue event in electronicmemory storage, actuation of the code blue event further displayingvisual indicia indicative of an elapsed time since the start time of thecode blue event. A plurality of medication buttons are presented on thetouch screen display corresponding to respective medicationsadministered as part of an ACLS procedure, actuation of a medicationbutton records a time at which the respective medication wasadministered in the electronic memory storage, where the actuation ofthe medication button further results in a change in a visual appearanceof the medication button. The software also presents, on the touchscreen display, a summary button, actuation of the summary buttonaccessing the electronic memory storage to display a summary pageincluding at least a start time of the code blue event and times atwhich medications for the ACLS procedure were administered.

Implementations of the invention may include embodiments having one ormore of these features. The software where the instructions and theprocessor further cooperate to interact with the touch screen displayto: provide a plurality of action buttons on the touch screen display,the plurality of action buttons corresponding to respective actionstaken as part of the ACLS procedure, actuation of an action buttonrecording a time at which the respective action was taken as part of theACLS procedure in the electronic memory storage, wherein actuation ofthe summary button on the touch screen display accesses times at whichthe respective actions were taken from the electronic memory storage.The software program where at least one action button includes visualindicia corresponding to an elapsed time since actuation of the at leastone action button.

Another general aspect of the invention is a method for documentingAdvanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) procedures during a code blueevent. The method comprises: actuating a code blue event start button ona touch screen display, actuation of the code blue event start buttonrecording a start time of the code blue event in electronic memorystorage; actuating a plurality of medication buttons on the touch screendisplay, the plurality of medication buttons corresponding to respectivemedications administered as part of the ACLS procedure, actuation of amedication button recording a time at which the respective medicationwas administered in the electronic memory storage, where the actuationof the medication button further results in a change in a visualappearance of the medication button; and actuating a summary button onthe touch screen display, actuation of the summary button accessing theelectronic memory storage to provide a summary page including at least astart time of the code blue event and times at which medications for theACLS procedure were administered.

The invention allows information to be more efficiently transferred toofficial hospital records than current procedures, helping to save timeand reduce errors. Further, the invention allows much of the timepresently used to monitor the ACLS procedures to be beneficially used byan emergency team member to participate more in the administration ofthe ACLS procedures.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

For a fuller understanding of the invention, reference is made to thefollowing Detailed Description, taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an apparatus for documenting AdvancedCardiac Life Support (ACLS) procedures during a code blue event.

FIG. 2 is an example of a screen that may be displayed before the startof a code blue event.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing one example of the operations that may beexecuted when the start button is actuated in response to a code blueevent.

FIG. 4 is an example of a screen that may be displayed in response tothe operations of the flowchart shown in FIG. 3.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing one example of the operations that may beexecuted when a medication button is actuated in response toadministration of the corresponding medication.

FIG. 6 is an example of a screen that may be displayed in response tovarious operations implemented in the flowchart shown in FIG. 5.

FIG. 7 is an example of a screen shot that may be displayed in responseto various operations implemented in the flowchart shown in FIG. 5.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing one example of the operations that may beexecuted when an action button is actuated in response to application ofthe corresponding action.

FIG. 9 is an example of a screen shot that may be displayed in responseto various operations implemented in the flowchart shown in FIG. 8.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a further example of the operations thatmay be executed when a medication button is actuated in response toadministration of the corresponding medication.

FIG. 11 is an example of how the visual appearance of a button maychange in response to various operations implemented in the flowchartshown in FIG. 10.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a further example of the operations thatmay be executed when a medication/action button is actuated in responseto administration of the corresponding medication and/or action.

FIG. 13 is an example of a screen that may be displayed in response tovarious operations implemented in the flowchart shown in FIG. 12.

FIG. 14 is an example of a screen that may be displayed in response to along press of the Start key as implemented in the flowchart shown inFIG. 1.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing one manner in which the system mayrespond to actuation of the summary button.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a system 10 for documenting AdvancedCardiac Life Support (ACLS) procedures during a code blue event. Thesystem 10 may be a smart device, such as a tablet, smart phone, touchscreen computer, or the like. In this example, the system 10 includesone or more processors 20 that execute a software application. A touchscreen 30 accepts user input selections and displays screen shots forthe software application. A transceiver 40 may be provided to transmitdata to and receive data from one or more servers 50 over a wirelessnetwork, wired network, etc. The server 50 may be a cloud server, alocal network server, etc.

The processor 20 is configured to access one or more local storagedevices. The local storage devices may comprise a single memorycomponent or multiple memory components used to store software in theform of executable application code, executable operating system code,application data, etc. The local storage device(s) are accessible by theprocessor(s).

In the example of FIG. 1, the system 10 includes various functionalmemory storage areas. Here, the functional memory storage areas includethe operating system 60, the application memory 70, and the data memory80. The application memory 70 in this example stores a mobileapplication having a plurality of modules executable by the processor 20for documenting the ACLS procedures during the code blue event. The datagenerated by the application is stored in data memory 80. Theapplication memory 70 may also include modules to execute other mobileapplications.

FIG. 2 is a screen 90 that may be displayed before the start of a codeblue event once the application has been initialized. In this example,the screen includes a code blue event start button 100, a plurality ofmedication buttons (e.g., 1 mg epinephrine button 110), and a summarybutton 120. The plurality of medication buttons includes, for example,all medications that are used in the standard ACLS procedure. The screen90 may also include a plurality of action buttons (e.g., CPR/Pulse checkbutton 130) corresponding to specific actions taken during the standardACLS procedure. Since the ACLS standards evolve over time, the specificmedication buttons and action buttons on screen 90 may be changed tocorrespond to the current ACLS standards. Although the medication andaction buttons may be displayed on separate pages, they are alldisplayed on a single page in FIG. 2 to simplify access to them.

Documentation of a code blue event includes recording the start and endtimes of the event. FIG. 3 is a flowchart of one example of theoperations that may be executed by the system 10 when the start button100 is actuated in response to the start of a code blue event. FIG. 4 isan example of a screen that may be displayed in response to theoperations shown in the flowchart of FIG. 3.

As shown, the user actuates the start button 100 at operation 140 whenthe code blue event begins. At operation 150, a check is made whetherthis is the first time the start button 100 has been actuated. If it isthe first time, the start of the code blue event and its correspondingstart time are stored at operation 155 and the start time is displayedat the bottom of screen 90 at area 160. The appearance of the startbutton 100 is changed at operation 170 to indicate that the code blueevent has started (see also FIG. 4). The appearance may be changed inany manner so long as it serves as a visual indication to the emergencyteam that it has been actuated. For example, the start button 100 maychange color, fill style, text style, etc. The code blue timer isstarted at operation 180 and the value of the elapsed time of the codeblue event is displayed on the start button 100 as shown in FIG. 4.

If it is decided at operation 150 that the start button 100 has beenpreviously actuated, the system 10 determines whether it was pressedaccidentally or pressed to signal the end of the code blue event. Tothis end, a check is made at operation 190 whether the emergency teampressed the start button 100 as a long press. If a long press was notdetected, it is assumed that the activation of the start button wasaccidental and the system 10 continues forward without interrupting thetimer at operation 200. If a long press has been detected, however, aselection box 205 is displayed to allow the emergency team toacknowledge the end of the code blue event. If the emergency teamacknowledges the end of the event, the code blue timer is stopped andthe end time is stored in memory at operation 220. If the user indicatesthat the code blue event has not ended at operation 210, the system willcontinue to operation 200.

The ACLS protocol may include medications administered multiple times,where the administrations must be spaced in time from one another.Epinephrine is one such medication, where doses (in the current ACLSprotocol) are to be spaced at least three minutes apart. FIG. 6 is aflowchart showing one manner in which the system 10 may operateregarding such medications. FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 show screens that may bepresented in response to the operations executed in the flowchart ofFIG. 6.

Referring to FIG. 6, the user actuates the epinephrine button 110 atoperation 230 in response to the administration of 1 mg of epinephrineby the emergency team. At operation 240, the system 10 determineswhether the user executed a long press. If a long press has not beenexecuted by the user, the administration of the epinephrine and the timeat which the epinephrine button was actuated is stored at operation 250.The appearance of the epinephrine button is changed at operation 260(see also FIG. 7). At operation 270, a countdown timer is set and thetimer value is displayed proximate the epinephrine button 110. A checkis made at operation 280 to determine whether the countdown is complete.If the countdown is not complete, the countdown continues at operation290 and the display of the timer value is updated at the epinephrinebutton 110. If the countdown is complete, the appearance of theepinephrine button 110 is changed at operation 300 to indicate thatanother dose of epinephrine may be given to the patient.

If the check at operation 240 indicates that the user has executed along press of the epinephrine button 110, the system must determinewhether the user accidentally actuated the button at operation 310.Accordingly, the user is presented with the option to undo the buttonpress at a selection box 320 (see FIG. 8). If the user wishes to undothe button press, the appearance of the epinephrine button 110 ischanged to its prior state at operation 330. Otherwise, control of theoperations responsive to the actuation of the button is transferred tooperation 250.

The ACLS protocol may also include various actions to be taken by theemergency team during the code blue event. Screen 90 shows several suchaction buttons, including: CPR/Pulse check button 340, defibrillatorbutton 350, cardioversion button 360, and airway intubation button 370.Some actions, such as airway intubation, are typically administeredonce. In such cases, the appearance of the airway intubation button 370may be changed when actuated, while the elapsed time since theintubation took place is displayed proximate the airway intubationbutton 370.

In other instances, actions may be taken multiple times by the emergencyteam. This is the case, for example, for CPR and pulse checks executedunder the ACLS protocol. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing one manner inwhich the system 10 may operate regarding actions like CPR. FIG. 10shows a screen that may be presented in response to the operationsexecuted in the flowchart of FIG. 9.

Referring to FIG. 9, the emergency team actuates the CPR/Pulse checkbutton 130 at operation 380 when starting CPR. The CPR action and timeat which CPR is started is stored at operation 390. The appearance ofthe CPR/Pulse check button 130 is changed at operation 400 (see FIG.10). A countdown timer is started at operation 410 and is displayedproximate the CPR/Pulse check button 130. The countdown timer is used todetermine when the emergency team is to conduct a pulse check. Adetermination of whether the countdown is complete occurs at operation420. If the countdown is not complete, the countdown is continued atoperation 430 and the timer value displayed proximate the CPR/Pulsecheck button is updated. Once the countdown is complete, the appearanceof the CPR/Pulse check button 130 is changed at operation 440 toindicate that the emergency team is to execute a pulse check. If CPR isto be continued, the CPR/Pulse check button 130 is actuated again atoperation 380, restarting the remaining operations shown in FIG. 9.

The ACLS protocol may include medications that are administered multipletimes, but are administered at different dosages each time. Also, somemedications may be administered multiple times, but have a limit on thetotal amount of medication that may be administered. FIG. 11 is aflowchart showing one manner in which the system 10 may handle suchmedications. In FIG. 11, the same medication button is used for multipledoses of that medication. FIG. 12 is an example of how the appearance ofthe button may change with the administration of each dose. Here, themedication amiodarone is used for the example. Amiodarone isadministered in the ACLS protocol at different doses. The first dose is300 mg, and the second dose is 150 mg. No further doses of amiodaronemay be given once the total 450 mg has been reached.

Referring to FIG. 11, the medication button, such as the amiodaronebutton 460, is actuated at operation 450 when the emergency teamadministers the medication. At operation 470, the system stores the typeof medication administered as well as the time at which thecorresponding button was actuated. A check is made at operation 480 todetermine whether the maximum dosage of medication has been reached. Ifnot, the appearance of the medication button 460 a is changed atoperation 490 to indicate that the dosage has been administered. Thetime between dosages of the medication may be monitored by a timer,which is displayed proximate the medication button at operation 500 (seemedication button 460 a of FIG. 12). If it is determined at operation510 that the timer has not expired the countdown continues and thedisplay of the timer is updated. If the timer has expired at operation510, the medication button is changed at operation 520 to display theamount of the next dosage (see medication button 460 b of FIG. 12).Further, the appearance of the medication button may be changed atoperation 530 to indicate that the next dosage is available (seemedication button 460 b of FIG. 12).

When medication button 460 b has been actuated, the process starts againfrom operation 450 and the actuation of the button as well as the timeat which the second dose was administered is stored at operation 470. Acheck is made at operation 480 to determine whether the total allowableamount of medication has been administered. Here, in the case ofamiodarone, a total of 450 mg has been administered, which is themaximum amount allowable in the ACLS protocol. Accordingly, theappearance of the medication button is changed at operation 540 toindicate the maximum dosage has been reached (see medication button 460c of FIG. 12). The medication button may be disabled at operation 550.

In some instances, the emergency team needs to be aware of the number oftimes/units of medication has been administered. Additionally, or in thealternative, the emergency team may need to be aware of the number oftimes a particular action has been taken. FIG. 13 is a flowchart showingone manner in which the system 10 may handle such medications/actions.FIG. 14 is a screen showing various results of the operations of FIG.13.

Referring to FIG. 13, the medication/action button is actuated atoperation 560. The actuation of the medication/action button and thetime at which the medication/action button was actuated is stored atoperation 570. Medication/action buttons operating in this manner mayeach have respective counters. At operation 580, the counter isimplemented in the total number of units/dosages are displayed on thecorresponding medication/action button. A determination may be made atoperation 590 whether this is the first time the button has beenactuated. If so, the appearance of the medication/action button may bechanged at operation 600. Otherwise, the button monitoring process maybe continued at operation 610.

FIG. 14 shows a screen 90 that may be displayed when actuation of themedication/action buttons are handled in the manner shown in FIG. 13.Here, the system has monitored amps of bicarbonate at medication button620, the number of narcan units given at medication button 630, and thenumber of times the patient has been defibrillated at action button 640.As shown on the respective buttons, three units of bicarbonate have beengiven, two units of narcan have been given, and the patient has beendefibrillated once.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing one manner in which the system mayrespond to actuation of the summary button 120. As shown, the summarybutton 120 is actuated at operation 650. A check is made at operation660 to determine whether the code blue event has been ended by theemergency team. If the emergency team has not terminated the code blueevent, they may be prompted to end the event at operation 670. If theemergency team does not terminate the code blue event or has notpreviously terminated the code blue event, the system will continue tomonitor the buttons at operation 680 as though the summary button 120had not been actuated.

If the code blue event has been terminated as determined at operation660, or the emergency team ends the code blue event at operation 670,the data recorded during the code blue event is retrieved from datamemory 80 at operation 690. The raw data may be transferred directly to,for example, another individual and/or server 50. Additionally, or inthe alternative, the system may organize the recorded data into one ormore documentation formats at operation will 700. The documentationformats may include the start and end time of the code blue event, themedications used during the event and the times at which each medicationwas administered, the actions taken during the event and the times atwhich each action was taken, as well as any other information that maybe derived from the data stored in data memory 80. At operation 710, theraw data and/or formatted documentation may be displayed as a new pageon the screen 90 along with options to email, print, or otherwisetransfer the data and/or formatted documentation from the system 10.

Other modifications and implementations will occur to those skilled inthe art without departing from the spirit and the scope of the inventionas claimed. Accordingly, the above description is not intended to limitthe invention, except as indicated in the following claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. An apparatus for documenting Advanced CardiacLife Support (ACLS) procedures during a code blue event, the apparatuscomprising: a touch screen display; a processor; and electronic memorystorage including instructions executable by the processor, wherein theinstructions, the processor, and the touch screen display cooperate to:provide a code blue event start button on the touch screen display,actuation of the code blue event start button recording a start time ofthe code blue event in the electronic memory storage, provide aplurality of medication buttons on the touch screen display, theplurality of medication buttons corresponding to respective medicationsadministered as part of an ACLS procedure, actuation of a medicationbutton recording a time at which the respective medication wasadministered, wherein the actuation of the medication button furtherresults in a change in a visual appearance of the medication button, andprovide a summary button on the touch screen display, actuation of thesummary button displaying a summary page including at least a start timeof the code blue event and times at which medications for the ACLSprocedure were administered.
 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein thechange in visual appearance of the medication button includes displayinga number of times the respective medication has been delivered.
 3. Theapparatus of claim 1, wherein actuation of the medication button startsa timer indicating when a next dose of the respective medication may beadministered.
 4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the visual appearanceof the medication button changes when a next dose of the respectivemedication may be administered.
 5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein thevisual appearance of the medication button shows an amount of therespective medication to be administered as the next dose in the ACLSprocedure.
 6. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein visual indiciacorresponding to the timer is displayed proximate the medication button.7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instructions, processor, andtouch screen display further cooperate to: provide a plurality of actionbuttons on the touch screen display, the plurality of action buttonscorresponding to respective actions taken as part of the ACLS procedure,actuation of an action button recording a time at which the respectiveaction was taken as part of the ACLS procedure, wherein actuation of thesummary button on the touch screen display accesses times at which therespective actions were taken.
 8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein atleast one action button includes visual indicia corresponding to anelapsed time since actuation of the at least one action buttons.
 9. Theapparatus of claim 7, wherein the plurality of action buttons include aCPR/pulse check button.
 10. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein theplurality of action buttons include an airway intubation button.
 11. Theapparatus of claim 7, wherein the plurality of action buttons include adefibrillate button.
 12. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the pluralityof action buttons include a cardioversion button.
 13. The apparatus ofclaim 1, wherein the instructions and the processor further cooperate towirelessly transmit at least a portion of data included in the summarypage to another device.
 14. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein theinstructions, processor, and touch screen display further cooperate toemail at least a portion of data included in the summary page.
 15. Theapparatus of claim 1, wherein the code blue event start button includesvisual indicia corresponding to elapsed time of the code blue event. 16.The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the code blue start event button andplurality of medication buttons are all displayed on a single page ofthe touch screen display.
 17. A software program for documentingAdvanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) procedures during a code blueevent, the software program including instructions executable by aprocessor to provide: a code blue event start button on a touch screendisplay, actuation of the code blue event start button recording a starttime of the code blue event in electronic memory storage, actuation ofthe code blue event further displaying visual indicia indicative of anelapsed time since the start time of the code blue event; a plurality ofmedication buttons on the touch screen display corresponding torespective medications administered as part of an ACLS procedure,actuation of a medication button recording a time at which therespective medication was administered in the electronic memory storage,wherein the actuation of the medication button further results in achange in a visual appearance of the medication button; and a summarybutton on the touch screen display, actuation of the summary buttonaccessing the electronic memory storage to display a summary pageincluding at least a start time of the code blue event and times atwhich medications for the ACLS procedure were administered.
 18. Thesoftware program of claim 17, wherein the instructions and the processorfurther cooperate to interact with the touch screen display to: providea plurality of action buttons on the touch screen display, the pluralityof action buttons corresponding to respective actions taken as part ofthe ACLS procedure, actuation of an action button recording a time atwhich the respective action was taken as part of the ACLS procedure inthe electronic memory storage, wherein actuation of the summary buttonon the touch screen display accesses times at which the respectiveactions were taken from the electronic memory storage.
 19. The softwareprogram of claim 18, wherein at least one action button includes visualindicia corresponding to an elapsed time since actuation of the at leastone action button.
 20. A method for documenting Advanced Cardiac LifeSupport (ACLS) procedures during a code blue event, the methodcomprising: actuating a code blue event start button on a touch screendisplay, actuation of the code blue event start button recording a starttime of the code blue event in electronic memory storage; actuating aplurality of medication buttons on the touch screen display, theplurality of medication buttons corresponding to respective medicationsadministered as part of the ACLS procedure, actuation of a medicationbutton recording a time at which the respective medication wasadministered in the electronic memory storage, wherein the actuation ofthe medication button further results in a change in a visual appearanceof the medication button; and actuating a summary button on the touchscreen display, actuation of the summary button accessing the electronicmemory storage to provide a summary page including at least a start timeof the code blue event and times at which medications for the ACLSprocedure were administered.